HarperCollins and Fox Atomic launch Graphic Novel line; Palmiotti edits
More pacting, more branding, MORE GRAPHIC NOVELS!
Fox Atomic, the youth focused entertainment unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, announced today a partnership with leading publisher HarperCollins to publish and distribute branded graphic novels from Fox...
SDCC: ASFA (#4800, 4701-03)
Allen Spiegel Fine Arts is the booth where you find some of the most amazing artists at the comvention, this year including Thom Ang, August Hall, Dave McKean, Scott Morse, Jon J Muth, Bonnie...
A few other things
TEZUKA! Irresponsible Pictures tips us off to a documentary about Tezuka available on on YouTube -- go!
Matt over at Highway 62: San Diego posts a handy list of convention tips and gives us the...
SDCC: Vanguard (#1706)
Appearances by the legendary Steranko, Basil Gogos John Romita Sr. and more highlight the Vanguard schedule, along with the premiere of 3 new calendars. More in the cut.
Vanguard Productions, the World's leading producer...
Good GOD, Derek Kirk Kim
WEHT Derek Kirk Kim, anyway? He was hailed far and wide as a comics genius back in 2004 for his wonderful collection SAME DIFFERENCE AND OTHER STORIES, and scored a rare triple, winning the...
Moore, Lee, Braque, Picasso
Marcela Valdes has a good piece in WaPo's Book Notes section nicely tying together LOST GIRLS and the Gordon Lee case:
Alan Moore better be careful. The long-haired comix genius from England -- whose V...
A Lost Princess of Mars?
A while ago, on the Old Beat we told you about a new comics series to be published by IDW based on Edgar Rice Burroughs A PRINCESS OF MARS, to be written by...
The New World Order
Speaking of Hill & Wang, the Book Standard had a probably the most important story about comics you'll read this week, as the impact of the book world entering comics begins to be examined.
Although...
Novel Graphics looks at Hoover, Beats, Genetics
ICv2 has the skinny on the latest from Hill & Wang's Novel Graphics line of non-fiction graphic novels, whew, including, two projects from Harvey Pekar and, most thrillingly, a biography of J. Edgar...
SDCC: Impact Books
How-to books, the Impact University panel, portfolio reviews and signings by Peted Davd, Matt Haley and Jessica "NeonDragon" Peffer highlight this booth.
Impact Books, the how-to write and draw comics, graphic novels, manga and fantasy...
Scholastic plans: Beagle, Kaluta, Renier, Ruth
ICv2 has a rundown of Scholastic's upcoming OGN plans and they include:
• Amulet (Fall 2007) by Kazu Kibuishi.
• The Last Unicorn, adapted by Mike Kaluta
• Walker Bean, a "rollicking pirate tale" by Aaron...
TO DO 7/8 – Chicago: First Second launch party
And you thought book parties were just for NYC! This Saturday Mark Siegel will preside over a launch party for this First Second line at Quimby's in Chicago. He'll give a lecture, there'll be...
